[Koha-devel] Development/ QA protocol question

[Cab Vinton]

Hi, All --

A small group of small NH libraries has co-sponsored a small
enhancement to get its feet wet in the Koha development world:

https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14365

As I understand it, once a patch has been signed off & passed on to
QA, it can hit a bottleneck as there are limited number of QA Team
Members.

To make this as positive experience as possible for our informal
consortium & to increase the chances of similar collaborations in the
future, it would help if we can move through the development process
as quickly as possible.

So here's my question --

For sponsored (i.e., funded) projects, would it make sense to include
funds to pay for the cost of a QA Team Member's time to review a
patch? I'm thinking the financial commitment would be one way of
boosting a patch's status in the queue. Hounding the developer is
another option, of course, but that's unpleasant for both sides :-)

I realize the QA person often, & perhaps preferably, will work for a
different firm. And there may be other complicating factors I'm not
aware of.

Grateful for any thoughts from folks on the programming side of things.

Cheers,

Cab Vinton, Director
Plaistow Public Library
Plaistow, NH